SILVIA RIGHETTI PORTFOLIO
ABOUT ME Hello, I am Silvia Righetti. I was born and raised in a town on the Adriatic Sea in Italy. I moved to Bologna to pursue my dream of becoming an illustrator and cartoonist. There I earned a bachelor’s degree in “Comics and Illustration” and a master’s degree in “Comics Language.” Meanwhile, I founded an independent comics label called Brace and discovered a passion for visual design. Between degrees, I took the opportunity to do some internships abroad, first in Hamburg and then in Berlin. For years I worked as a freelance illustrator and visual designer. What I love most is telling the stories behind the drawings I make. I always find a creative solution to best convey a concept, and this is one of the things I love most about my profession. I enjoy working with new people and am eager to explore every creative field, from digital to analog. For the past two years, I have been living in Berlin. I enjoy traveling, reading novels and comics, watching TV series, eating ice cream, and stalking dogs. BIO:
REACH ME:
Name: Silvia Righetti
Mobile: +49 178 4609347
Date and place of bith: 20th of June 1994 Rimini, Italy Address: Berlin, 12051 Germany
Email:
silviarighetti94@gmail.com
Instagram: silvia_righetti Behance: www.behance.net/silviarighetti Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/silviarighetti94
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Freelance Illustrator and Visual Designer 2014 - Present
Creativity • Communication • Time management • Editorial design • Digital and analog Illustration • Visual Identity • Printing • Advertising - Typhography
Picker at Flink SE January 2022 - April 2023, Berlin My tasks were collecting reports on warehouse or- ders and picking the required items, taking inventory, daily check of fresh products. Intern at Jaja Verlag April 2021/July 2021, Berlin I took care of creating contents for social media, customer service, event management, logistic. Editor at BRACE Magazine 2015 - 2019, Bologna At Brace I was illustrator, editor, visual designer, social media manager and event manager. Intern at HAW Hamburg April 2017 - July 2017, Hamburg I was assistant professor of Children Illustration for Bernd Mölck-Tassel, and researched to didactic activities. EDUCATION: Master of Language of Comics Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna 2017 - 2020 Bachelor of Comic and Illustration Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna 2013 - 2017 LANGUAGES: Italian - Mothertongue German - A2
English - C1
Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Indesign Adobe After Effects Procreate FontLab Studio
PRIZES and EXHIBITIONS: 2023 • Personal exhibition, Coconino Fest, IT 2022 • Personal exhibition, Treviso Comic Book festival, IT 2019 • Guest at “Piccolo Festival” in Cremona. • Nominee for “Lorenzo Bartoli” Prize at Arf Festival in Rome. 2016: • Nomads, collective exhibition, Alliance Francaise, IT. 2015: • Founded Brace. • First prize at International contest of Treviso Comic Book festival, IT
CERVELLO DI GALLINA - COMICBOOK “Cervello di Gallina” is my sci-fi debut graphic novel, published with the Italian publishing house Coconino Press. The publication featured two exhibitions hosted by the Treviso Comicbook Festival in Treviso in 2022 and The Coconino Fest in Ravenna in 2023.
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CERVELLO DI GALLINA
ebecca vive sola nella grande casa di famiglia. Il fratello Enzo è sparito da tempo, le due madri che li hanno cresciuti sono lontane. Il fidanzato Lino, poi, ha smesso di comunicare con il mondo esterno, chiuso nel bunker dove si è rifugiato nell’attesa di un’invasione extraterrestre. Un giorno Enzo ritorna, in compagnia di una gallina che, a suo dire, rappresenta l’ultima speranza per stabilire un contatto con gli alieni. Sarà per Rebecca il momento di fare i conti con il passato e di prendere finalmente in mano la propria vita. Silvia Righetti mescola con stupefacente abilità il grottesco e il quotidiano, nella rappresentazione di un mondo non così diverso dal nostro: ipertecnologico, ammalato di paranoia, e in fuga continua dai sentimenti.
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Published by Coconino Press Fandango Italy, September 2022 Format: 17x24 cm 190 pages Two tints
DOSSIER 19 LOSLASSEN
Brigitte Magazin, Germany’s leading women’s magazine, contacted me to create five illustrations and the cover of Dossier #19 for the September issue. The theme, “Loslassen” (Letting Go), is investigated through five articles that touch on many aspects of everyone’s daily life. My challenge was to translate the theme into illustrations effectively, adding a visual atmosphere. I chose bright colors to express the strength of the messages and capture the reader’s attention.
Client: Gruner + Jahr Art Director: Holger Geys Tools: Pencil Software: Photoshop, Procreate Published in September 2021, Germany
COVERBOOK FOR RISMA
Risma is a publishing house specializing in children’s literature. They contacted me to create a cover for author Alice Keller’s books “Il Solitario di Rodriguez” and “Fuori è quasi buio”. The two illustrations were used to create merchandise for the book release. Editor: Risma Format: 14,8 x 21 cm Software: Photoshop, Corel Painter Published in Italy, 2020
BRACE MAGAZINE
80 pages, black and white and colours Format: 20 x 28 cm BRACE is an Italian comics magazine founded in 2015 by Silvia Righetti, Kalina Muhova, Francesco Saresin, Ettore Mazza, and Nicola Pezzato as a shared space for experimentation in comics and storytelling. The main focus is on the short story, with some openings for illustration. BRACE’s activity includes participation in various fairs and festivals, as well as the organization of various workshops and exhibitions.
Authors: Ettore Mazza, Francesco Saresin, Kalina Muhova (cover), Eliana Albertini, Miguel Vila, Ritardo, Silvia Righetti
In 2017 the magazine was honored with the “Carlo Boscarato” award at the Treviso Comic Bookfair and in 2018 with the “Best Zine” award at Lucca Comics and Games.
Italian text with English translation Published in 2018, Italy
72 pages, black and white Format: 16,5 x 23 cm
Authors: Ettore Mazza, Francesco Saresin (cover), Kalina Muhova, Nicola Pezzato, Silvia Righetti Italian text with English translation Published in 2016, Italy
128 pages, black and white, Format: 17 x 24cm Authors: Ettore Mazza (cover), Federica Bellomi, Francesco Saresin, Kalina Muhova, Nicola Pezzato, Roberta Scomparsa, Silvia Righetti Italian text with English translation Published: 2017, Italy
CAGE - COMICBOOK Cage is a comic strip about overcoming the limitations that prevent people from changing a life they no longer fit into. It began as a personal project that I wrote and drew. After completing the comic book pages, I edited the layout of the book and hand-lettered the texts to fit the drawing style.
152 pages, colors Format: 14,8 x 21 cm Tools: Procreate, Indesign Text: English
LA ROTTURA - COMICBOOK “La Rottura” is a short comic written by Valeria Benincasa and drawn by me. The story is about overcoming the pain of coming out of a toxic relationship and a rough breakup. Starting from the story written by Valeria, I did the character design and translated the novel into comic book form. The book was self-published and printed in 600 copies, now sold out. My duties also included book design, customer service, and delivery.
42 pages, colors Format: 17 x 24 cm Written by Valeria Benincasa Illustrated by Silvia Righetti Book design: Silvia Righetti Text: Italian Published in Italy, 2020
BONE MUSIC - EXHIBITION CATALOGUE Buero-Doering, a Berlin-based communication, and event-planning agency, asked me to create a comic page for the catalog of the Bone Music exhibition at Villa Heike. The story narrates the last moments of the music bootlegger Ruslan Bogoslowski before he was arrested by the KGB. Bone Music exhibition opened on the 13th of August and finished on the 5th of September 2021.
Client: Buero-Doering Tools: Black Crayon Software: Photoshop Published in August 2021 Berlin
CHICKEN RISOPRINT In June 2021, I decided to broaden my knowledge in other printing techniques, so I asked the Berlin-based risograph studio Melomelo Print to help me achieve this goal. I created a two-color print inspired by a scene from Werner Herzog’s film “Stroszek.” I printed a limited edition of 50 pieces, which are now sold out.
format: 29,7 x 42 cm two colors risograph print in fluorescent pink and medium blue limited edition of 50 pieces
VARIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS Ever since I was a child, illustration has always been a way to express my feelings and worldview. This short selection shows some illustrations I have made over the past few years. I like experimenting with new techniques and software, switching between digital and analog, or mixing both.
Sofware: Photoshop, Corel Painter, Procreate. Tools: Pencil, loose graphite
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